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  2. The Old and the New.

    The inhabitants of a young country like Australia, where there are no relics of the past, no descendants of ancient families dwelling on lands which have been handed down to them from mediæval times, are rather apt to glorify the ...

    Article : 1,044 words
  3. ECCLESIASTIC.

    "Lay hold of the hope set before us in the Gospel." Which saves—the hope or the laying hold ! Does it seem a foolish question? Then, alas, how many have been foolish! Let us look at the question through an illustration. ...

    Article : 1,829 words
  4. THE TRAVELLER.

    The average Londoner is probably as badly informed on general matters as any class of the inhabitants of the British Islands. His geographical knowledge seems limited to knowing that England is divided into London and "the ...

    Article : 1,844 words
  5. SOCIAL.

    No doubt the barbaric region has its dead level, and the nomad of the desert is as weighted with the monotony of the mental life of his fellows as is the denizen of the crowded city. Through Fenimore Cooper the latter ...

    Article : 2,138 words
  6. SCIENCE NOTES.

    Who has never desired the power to fly? Perhaps because it is a forbidden power so far as the authority of dame nature goes, and the only power of locomotion which has not been acquired by man at least to some extent. One's ...

    Article : 356 words
  7. THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION.

    Early last year the ship Albatross was launched and fitted out for deep-sea dredging off the coasts of the United States. Her principal work was done in from 1000 to 2000 fathoms. Several successful hauls were made at 2400 fathoms, and ...

    Article : 431 words
  8. BOILER EXPLOSIONS.

    In 1882 the Boiler Explosions Act of England came Into force, and the official reports of the Board of Trade on the working of the Act will be useful here. The conclusions reached by the experts employed are:—1. The terms ...

    Article : 482 words
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